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I put Espy on the list just because someone asked but the race is actually pretty close, and there’s not much money being spent on it. So I’m upping the thermometer. You can see everyone we are supporting here.

Mike Espy, Mississippi Senate

Goal Thermometer

I think Thom and Suzie could get hurt pretty badly by the Supreme Court nonsense so let’s raise agains them too.

Sara Gideon, Maine Senate

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Cal Cunningham, North Carolina Senate

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  1. 1.

    WaterGirl

    In the last hour, I have received voting or voting & census encouragement/ information from:

    UIC (University of Illinois, Chicago) and University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign).

    UIC always encourages their people to vote, but I have never seen anything like that from the University in Champaign.

    Our local democratic party.  They were quiet as church mice when i was working my butt off for Obama in 2008-08, and not much better in 2012 and 2016.   They have been writing more than once a week, for a couple of months, asking for help with literature drops, etc.

    Even institutions that are normally quiet seem to understand what’s at stake.

    My right-wing neighbor across the street and my elderly republican friend both think Trump is off the rails, and the neighbor offered to loan me the Mary Trump book.  I think Trump is in big trouble.  The only way we don’t have this is if they are willing to steal it in plain sight.  We have to be so strong that even if they do that, they didn’t think big enough.

    I can’t donate again until I get paid on 10/1, but these are some examples of our collective work paying off.

  2. 2.

    Jon Marcus

    Not to be defeatist, but do you think “Suzie” will be dirtied up by the SCOTUS craziness? She’s got one of MoscowMitch’s “Get Out of a Vote” cards.

    I’m afraid that might actually help her. “See, I really am concerned, and I even voted that way once! (even though it made no difference…)”

  3. 3.

    WaterGirl

    @Jon Marcus: I’ll be interested in seeing what Doug and others think.

    I imagine that if you’re already on to Susan Collins, you will still be on to her, and if you aren’t already on to her, there’s really nothing Collins could to do get you to see who and what she is.

    I think it doesn’t matter.  What do others think?

  4. 4.

    Soprano2

    @WaterGirl:  The only way we don’t have this is if they are willing to steal it in plain sight. We have to be so strong that even if they do that, they didn’t think big enough.

    Did you read the Atlantic article? They’re definitely willing to steal it in plain sight. I think Trump is willing to risk starting a civil war to stay in power. That article gave me a little glimpse of what it must be like to be Adam, and I didn’t like it, not one little bit.

  6. 6.

    piratedan

    @Jon Marcus: unsure as to whether to fall on the side of “she’s shown us exactly who she is for the last three years” or to put my faith in the low expectations of my fellow citizens….

    In here, I think we can all safely believe that’s she is still Miss Furrowed Brow 1976 and is the same charlatan she ever was.

  8. 8.

    Baud

    @WaterGirl:

    My right-wing neighbor across the street and my elderly republican friend both think Trump is off the rails,

    Someone else told me that got a Republican while phone-banking and heard the same thing.  Extremely anecdotal of course, but every little bit of encouragement helps.

  9. 9.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    I just saw this. These people are both crazy and scary.

    Now comes news this morning that the Trump campaign is “discussing contingency plans to bypass election results and appoint loyal electors in battleground states where Republicans hold the legislative majority.” According to The Atlantic’s peerless Barton Gellman, “With a justification based on claims of rampant fraud, Trump would ask state legislators to set aside the popular vote and exercise their power to choose a slate of electors directly. The longer Trump succeeds in keeping the vote count in doubt, the more pressure legislators will feel to act before the safe-harbor deadline expires.”

  11. 11.

    Professor Bigfoot

    I recently learned that Mississippi has the highest percentage of Black voters in the nation— which makes me think that maybe, just maybe, Mike Espy might be able to pull this off.

    I’d given to his campaign before, but thanks for the opportunity to do it via the Juice, Doug.

  13. 13.

    MomSense

    @WaterGirl: 
    Everyone I know is saying she only said she would vote no before the election after Mitt Romney was a yes. Again following her pattern of only giving crumbs to progressives when it doesn’t matter.

  14. 14.

    Yutsano

    @Professor Bigfoot:  I have to see if I can find it again, but there’s a certain percentage Hyde-Smith has to get from white voters in order to win. It was something like if she gets 80% she wins, 75% it’s likely, 65% it can go either way, and anything below 65% she’s toast. I’ll try to see if I can locate that exact statement.

  15. 15.

    WaterGirl

    @Geminid: I hope so.   The article Another Scott just linked to says Collins is up by double-digits in some polls.

    That doesn’t square with what I’ve been hearing, but everything is crazy these days, so who knows.  ?‍♀️

  18. 18.

    evap

    @Dorothy A. Winsor:  Sorry, but I don’t buy it.  The Trump campaign people are crazy, of course, and I think this is just their out-of-touch-with-reality fever dreams.  I really can’t buy that GOP governors and electors would go along with this.  And I also don’t believe that even the right-wing Supreme Court justices would install Trump in this manner.    I am guessing that most of them view Trump as a crazed idiot.

    I could be wrong, in which case I move to Plan B  (move to Ireland).

  20. 20.

    Nora Lenderbee

    I was editing an article in WIkipedia the other day, and my auto-replace changed “Trump” to “asswipe” in the article references. Hahaha.

  23. 23.

    mali muso

    Shout out from Virginia where I did my civic duty today by both voting (yay!) and getting my flu shot.  Donated to Espy earlier and thinking to do so again.

  24. 24.

    Marcopolo

    @Another Scott: This. I don’t do predictions anymore but with ME having ranked choice voting this election I am thinking Collins is toast.

    And Doug, if you are reviewing comments, please consider some kind of fundraising post that goes beyond the US Senate (and even beyond the US House). A lot of these R arseholes get their start in local & state politics. Furthermore, a lot of the awful cases that wind up in front of the Supreme Court also begin at the state legislative level.

    As an example of what I am talking about, here is a Daily Kos fundraising list. It starts with Biden & 7 competitive US Senate races then adds another 47!!! state legislative races in AZ, MI, MN, NC, PA, and TX

    Edited to add, if you are a BJer living in one of these states consider making a contribution to a candidate or candidates listed in your state.  I have made campaign contributions to 11 state legislative candidates in MO.  These folks don’t get the love or attention of the federal races but their impact 10-20-30 years down the road can be really substantial.

  25. 25.

    Another Scott

    @John Revolta: Personally, I think it’s more like in the W days when someone in his administration floated the idea of postponing the 2004 election because Teh Terrorists were going to kill us all in our beds otherwise.  It needs huge pushback, yes, but it’s not going to happen.

    That’s not to say that we have to be worried about them trying to steal close races that go against them – but that would happen regardless (see 1960, 2000, etc.).  We have to do what we can to make sure that the wave is large enough that there are few close races.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  29. 29.

    Baud

    @Dorothy A. Winsor: Not to minimize the reality of the threats, but it’s also important to remember that the media knows that these types of articles get clicks when written in a way that raises our apprehension levels.

  32. 32.

    West of the Cascades

    Pitched in to Espy – the last FEC reports on line (through 6/30 for that race) show he had $680,000 on hand vs. $1.2 million for Hyde-Smith, and that Espy had actually spent more through that date than Hyde-Smith had, so big thanks to Doug for highlighting a race where a little more money might go a long way.

  34. 34.

    Marcopolo

    @WaterGirl:   There have been thermometers for state parties but not for the actual state house & senate candidates from those states.

    So when I put my Biden bumpersticker on my car I did not take my Warren sticker off. They are proudly displayed side by side. Cause I am still a Warren Dem:

    The most fitting tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg is refusing to be silenced while the GOP tries to steal another Supreme Court seat. And if they ram this nomination through, it's our duty to explore every option to restore the Court's credibility and integrity. pic.twitter.com/QW5Cd5CoC4— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) September 23, 2020

  36. 36.

    opiejeanne

    @Baud: I have had some Wisconsin cheese, which is why I usually buy cheese from other places.  California Humboldt Fog, yum, among others. I’m not really impressed by most of Washington’s cheeses, and Tillamook is nothing special.

  37. 37.

    Marcopolo

    @West of the Cascades:  Amazingly, as of last quarter Hyde-Smith was like the 95/96th worst fundraiser of all the Senators.  The only ones below her in fundraising were members who were retiring.  Espy raising over $1M over the past few days should provide him with as much $$ as she has atm.

  39. 39.

    debbie

    @evap:

    The Atlantic is not some lunatic fringe rag. Knowing Barr’s thinking process alone is enough to know this could be a legitimate concern.

  41. 41.

    Soprano2

    @Dorothy A. Winsor:  To me the scariest part of the Atlantic article was about how they studied balloting in the primaries without challenging anything. They noted a lot of errors where absentee mail-in votes were counted when they thought perhaps they shouldn’t be, and made notes about what they could challenge. I see a massive effort to challenge so many mail-in votes that they can make Trump win even though a majority of people voted against him in the state!!! That’s scarier than the “get our own slate of electors” stuff. They’ve been planning to do this since spring, it’s not something they just thought up last week.

  43. 43.

    WaterGirl

    @Marcopolo:

    There have been thermometers for state parties but not for the actual state house & senate candidates from those states.

    Here’s the one for eleven (11) NC state legislature candidates:

    Balloon Juice Flip NC (split between ll NC state legislature candidates)

    Goal Thermometer

    I’ll see if I can find the TX one.  I’m pretty sure it’s there because I’m the one who asked for it.

  45. 45.

    Geminid

    @WaterGirl: The Boston Globe/Suffolk University poll released Monday showed Gideon up 46-41. A Quinnipiac poll released Sept.15 showed Gideon with a 12 point lead. The Real Clear Politics average of six polls showed Gideon with a average 6 pt. lead. The Vox writer who said “what few polls there are show Collins with a lead” is either lazy, or thinks his readers are lazy. Or both.   But now it turns out the Vox writer was so lazy he wrote the article a year ago.

  46. 46.

    Marcopolo

    @WaterGirl:   Must have missed this NC one entirely.  TY for bringing it to my attention.  I humbly stand corrected.

    And though I live in StL I have given to Samra 3x.  She sends TY notes & I give follow up donations to folks who do that.  And I also graduated from U of R, though I haven’t been back to Rochester this century.

  48. 48.

    WaterGirl

    @Marcopolo: I probably only remember it because I asked if we could have a Flip NC and a Flip TX based, both about the legislatures.

    I’ve written to Doug asking if I made the whole thing up about Texas.  :-)

    Having Dem statehouses in TX and NC would be a big Joe Biden deal.

  50. 50.

    J R in WV

    @evap:

    September 23, 2020 at 5:02 pm

    @opiejeanne:  My spouse is an Irish citizen and we have a house there.   I’m guessing that they will let me in with him, but who knows.

    I suspect they might make you quarantine for 14+days, but otherwise you will qualify easily. Just my opinion… best of luck.

    If I had jumped on it when I was 18yo I may have qualified for Swiss citizenship, but of course in 1968 it didn’t occur to me at all…

    ETA:  We have contributed to both Mike Espy and S. Gibson vrs Collins in the past, but that won’t bump the B-J totals at all…

  51. 51.

    opiejeanne

    @evap: Maybe, eventually. I took a look at their rules and you might be able to go now, but I wasn’t sure. My family and my husband’s have been gone from Ireland for too many generations, I think.

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